2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study on polynya mechanism and its modeling
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21740337
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Meteorology/Physical oceanography/Hydrology
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| Research Institution | Tomakomai National College of Technology (2010-2011)
Hokkaido University (2009) |
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Principal Investigator |
NIHASHI Sohey 苫小牧工業高等専門学校, 機械工学科, 准教授 (50396321)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 海洋物理 / 海氷 / 極域海洋学 |
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| Research Abstract |
Coastal polynya is thin ice area formed by divergent wind or ocean current. Coastal polynya is considered to play important roles in the climate system through global thermohaline circulation and biogeochemical cycle such as CO^2 because the active freezing forms dense water. In this study, we developed a new algorithm for satellite passive microwave data. The algorithm can detect polynya area and can estimate the ice thickness. We examined polynya mechanism by using this satellite dataset. We also proposed a simple model based on a new knowledge obtained from the satellite data analysis.
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Research Products
(38 results)
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[Presentation] Formation of Antarctic Bottom Water off Cape Darnley with huge sea ice production2011
Author(s)
Ohshima, K. I., Y. Fukamachi, Y. Nakayama, T. Tamura, S. Nihashi, Y. Kitade, Y. Matsumura, H. Hasumi, S. Aoki, and M Wakatsuchi
Organizer
IUGG 2011
Place of Presentation
Melbourne, Australia
Year and Date
20110628-0707
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